News tagged with thickening agent

Panama: More tainted medicine in 1,155 bottles

(AP) -- The death toll from contaminated medicine sold three years ago in Panama could be higher than previously believed after 1,155 bottles of tested positive for a chemical commonly found in antifreeze and brake fluid, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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Researchers explore plankton's shifting role in deep sea carbon storage

The tiny phytoplankton Emiliania huxleyi, invisible to the naked eye, plays an outsized role in drawing carbon from the atmosphere and sequestering it deep in the seas. But this role may change as ocean water becomes warmer ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Extracting natural gas from shale can be done safely, says researcher

Natural gas currently provides more than a quarter of the energy used in the United States and that fraction is likely to continue growing.  New technologies are making it easier and more economical to ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Artificial nanoparticles influence the heart rate

In light of the increasing demand for artificial nanoparticles in medicine and industry, it is important for manufacturers to understand just how these particles influence bodily functions and which mechanisms ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chemistry on Mars reveals cooling rate

(PhysOrg.com) -- French researchers from the University of Toulouse have published a paper in Nature, that describes how they used data from NASA's Mars Odyssey (currently orbiting the planet) to ascertain the am ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

New device promises safer way to deliver powerful drugs

A new drug delivery device designed and constructed by Jie Chen, Thomas Cesario and Peter Rentzepis promises to unlock the potential of photosensitive chemicals to kill drug-resistant infections and perhaps cancer tumors ...

Chemistry / Other

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cancer-related pathways reveal potential treatment target for congenital heart disease

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cross-disciplinary teams of scientists studying genetic pathways that are mutated in many forms of cancer, but which also cause certain forms of congenital heart disease, including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows rapamycin reverses myocardial defects in mouse model of LEOPARD syndrome

Congenital heart diseases affect approximately one in 100 patients, making them the most common type of birth defect and the number-one cause of pediatric deaths.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Plugging a spewing oil well with cornstarch

A substance more like quicksand and less like ketchup could improve the "top kill" method of plugging a blown-out oil well.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Peptide delivers 1-2 punch to breast cancer in pre-clinical study

Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WFUBMC) have discovered what may become a new weapon in the fight against breast cancer. For the first time, a peptide found in blood and tissue has been shown ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Why does dialysis fail?

A protein implicated in the development of vascular diseases may also contribute to the failure of arteriovenous (AV) fistulas created for vascular access in dialysis patients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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